Brick-cleaning machine



' Aug. 19 1924.

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Patented Aug. 19, i924-,

PATENT @FFECEQ ADRIEN CGT, F FRANKLN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRICK-'CLEANING MACHENE.

Application led ctober 4, 1923. Serial No. 666,639.

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that l, ADRIEN Corri, acitizen of the United States, residing at Frank lin, in the county of Norfolk and 'State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brick-Cleaning Machines, .of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for cleaning bricks, the general object of the invention being to provide means for bringing all sides of the brick against cleaning members as the brick travels from one point to another.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and 2e specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

ln describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan-view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure t is a section on line 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 Vof Fig ure 3.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6--6 of Figure 3. K

Figure 7 is a detail view showing the construction of the conveyor chains.

In these views, 1 indicates a supporting framework -in which the various shafts are journaled, 2 being the main shaft which is driven from any suitable source of power. An inclined conveyor 3 is arranged at the front end of the framework, the belt of which travels over the pulleys 4, one of which is arranged on the shaft 5 which -is belted to the main shaft 2, as shown at 6. Guards 7 are arranged at the sides of the conveyor for preventing the bricks from falling o the same. A conveyor 8, consisting of twov airs of sprockets 9 and a air of endless c ains 10, connected together y the cross bars 11, is driven from the main shaft as shown at 12, and the bricks are deposited between the bars 11 of this conveyor by the bridge 13 which receives the 55 bricks from the conveyor 3, the bridge being provided with the guards 14. Upper and lower` grinding rolls 15 operate upon the tops and bottoms of the bricks, as they are moved along by the conveyor end and after leav- @il ing these rolls the ends of the bric s are engaged by the grinding rolls 16. rllhe rolls 15 are actuated from the main shaft, as shown at 17, and the rolls 16 are actuated :from the main shaft, as shown at 18. A conveyor 19, of the same construction as the conveyor 8, receives the bricks from said conveyor 8 and these conveyors are so arranged in relation to each other that the bricks will be turned upon the sides as they pass from one conveyor to the other so that these sides will be operated upon by the grinding rolls 20 which are actuated from the main shaft, as shown at 21. yl`he bricks will pass from the conveyor 19 down the 75 incline 22. A spring 23 is arranged between the conveyors 8 and 19, for insuring the proper turning movement of the bricks when passing from one conveyor to the other. rllhe grinding rolls are provided with 8@ springbars, as shown at 24C, so that they will yieldingly engage the bricks and thus thoroughl clean the same.

From t e foregoing it will be seen that all parts of the bricks are engaged by the grinding rolls as the bricks travel through the machine so that they are cleaned of all foreign matter. Either belts or chains may be used for imparting the movement of the main shaft to the other shafts.

lt is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

ll desire it to be understood that l may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that 'such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is An apparatus of the class described comprising a supporting framework, an inclined feed conveyor supported thereby, a second conveyor supported thereby having brick engaging projections thereon, a brid for causing the bricks to pass from the rst W5 conveyor to the second conveyor, two sets of grinding rolls associated with the secondi conveyor for cleaning the tops end bottoms and ends of bricks, n third conveyoi' having brick engaging proiections thereon arranged beiow the plane nf the second conveyoi so that the bricks assing from one conveycr in the same. vetlcal 'plane to ihhe other will nennen? turn and grinding relis associated with the third conveyor for cleaning the side edges of the bricks. 10

In testimony whereof I aiix my signam'e.

ADRIEN CoT. 

